01061nam0 2200277 i 450 SUN000310020111104012049.39988-14-06418-0IT97 885720020708d1997 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||ˆL'‰autorità di garanzia nel settore delle comunicazioni di massal'esperienza, le prospettiveGiorgio D'AmatoMilanoGiuffrè[1997]VIII, 96 p.23 cm.Garante per la radiodiffusione e l'editoriaFISUNC002199MilanoSUNL000284343.45099026921D'Amato, GiorgioSUNV003121262763GiuffrèSUNV001757650ITSOL20181231RICASUN0003100UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI GIURISPRUDENZA00CONS XIV.Em.4 00 16638 20020709 Autorità di garanzia nel settore delle comunicazioni di massa666833UNICAMPANIA03840nam 22006015 450 991084758170332120250808093248.09783031557750303155775110.1007/978-3-031-55775-0(MiAaPQ)EBC31276974(Au-PeEL)EBL31276974(CKB)31449916700041(MiAaPQ)EBC31319626(Au-PeEL)EBL31319626(DE-He213)978-3-031-55775-0(EXLCZ)993144991670004120240413d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAldous Huxley's Short Fiction /by Andrija Matić1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (189 pages)9783031557743 3031557743 Includes bibliographical references and index.1: Introduction -- 2: Initiation in Limbo -- 3: Toxic Masculinity, Pseudo-Intellectualism, and “Sexo-Religious Psychology” in Mortal Coils -- 4: Irony, Popular Art, and Progressive Education in Little Mexican -- 5: Nonsense, the Other, and Applied Science in Two or Three Graces -- 6: Religion, Seduction and Spiritual Education in Brief Candles -- 7: Uncollected Stories -- 8: Conclusion. .Aldous Huxley’s Short Fiction analyzes Huxley’s short stories within a modernist context, highlighting that he shared more characteristics with distinguished modernists than is usually believed. The book also explores other features of Huxley’s short stories, focusing on themes such as consumerism, mainstream education, shallow intellectualism, women’s emancipation, toxic masculinity, and sensational journalism, themes that correspond with both Huxley’s time and our world, and position him among the most prophetic authors of the twentieth century. This study demonstrates that Huxley’s short fiction can provide answers to questions that remain confusing or partially explained in the research on Huxley’s work. It illustrates the constants and changes in Huxley’s opinions on organized religion, mysticism, and the relation between sexuality and spirituality, while also clarifying Huxley’s political opinion, which is often misunderstood due to his advocacy of pacifism. Finally, the in-depth interpretations of Huxley’s short stories reveal the dynamics of his literary style, especially his complex humor and irony, areas he developed more than any other modernist author of short fiction. Andrija Matić is an adjunct assistant professor at Baruch College, The City University of New York, USA. He is the author of five novels, a collection of short stories, and a study on T. S. Eliot’s complete works. He has also published many articles on Anglo-American literature, especially on modernist poetry and short fiction. Andrija Matić has taught at universities in Serbia, Kuwait, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Literature, Modern20th centuryFictionLiteratureHistory and criticismTwentieth-Century LiteratureFiction LiteratureLiterary CriticismLiterature, ModernFiction.LiteratureHistory and criticism.Twentieth-Century Literature.Fiction Literature.Literary Criticism.823.912Matić Andrija1978-1768759MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910847581703321Aldous Huxley's Short Fiction4232996UNINA